LANSING - ModuleMD has partnered with Great Lake Health Information Exchange to create a strategic alliance to electronically connect physician practices with health care systems. Health Information Exchange provides the capability of sharing clinical information electronically among disparate electronic health record systems. ModuleMD provides a flexible electronic health record to independent physician practices nationally. Based
ANN ARBOR ? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Phase II clinical trail of the nation's first clinical trial of stem cell injections in patients with the deadly degenerative disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease. Approval paves the way for UM to become the second
SAN FRANCISCO - Internet users are seeing less spam but more targeted attacks, according to a report from security software company Symantec. Looking at last year's security landscape, Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report 2013 found that traditional spam accounted for 69 percent of all e-mail in 2012, down from 75 percent in 2011. Yet, 30
LANSING ? The Pure Michigan campaign had its biggest impact to date in 2012, attracting 3.8 million out-of-state visitors to the state, who spent a record $1.1 billion at Michigan businesses according to a just-completed report by Longwoods International. The report, released at this year?s Pure Michigan Governor?s Conference on Tourism being held in Detroit,
EAST LANSING - The importance of improving the Great Lakes, cleaning its waters and beaches and ridding it of invasive species, is magnified by the recognition that the entire Great Lakes region is equal to the fourth-largest economy in the world. At a forum on threats to the Great Lakes, sponsored by the Institute for
LANSING - Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-Taylor) on Wednesday introduced a bill (SB 322 ) to increase Michigan's Renewable Portfolio Standard from the current 10 percent by 2015 to 22 percent by 2022. The legislation comes after an election in which renewable energy proponents lost a battle to try to up that mandate to 25 percent
LANSING - With the anticipation that unmanned aerial drones will soon move from foreign battlefields to domestic police work as well as engineering and scientific applications, legislation to regulate the use of drones in Michigan drew both praise and concern before the Michigan House Criminal Justice Committee on Wednesday. Rep. Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth Township), the
SOUTH LYON ? Help change the life of one special little girl. You need NOT make a donation. You need NOT attend a benefit. All you need to do is give 30 seconds of your day, until May 10th, and you can change the life of Breanna Rose Strange. Breanna Rose, 11, has suffered all
YPSILANTI - A three team alliance of Bloomfield International Academy, Utica Schools and Romeo Engineering & Tech Center won the Michigan state title in FIRST Robotics April 13, earning a trip to the World Championships in St. Louis in late April. The state?s top 64 teams from 11 district tournaments around the state the prior
ANN ARBOR - Nine Michigan companies have received a combined total of more than $397,000 through the Michigan Microloan Fund Program, bringing the total amount loaned through the Fund to nearly $3.6 million. The companies received the funding to support commercialization of their core products. ?The Michigan Microloan Fund Program helps businesses across the state